#Microblog Monday 354: The House on the Rock
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Back in college, there was a daytrip that I never got to go on to a place called the House on the Rock. I didn’t have a car, so it’s remarkable that I managed somehow to get to the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum (twice!). But I never got to House on the Rock, and people would talk about it all the time.
It felt like all the cool kids got to go. And I was not one of the cool kids.
And then I forgot about it, entirely, until I read that Atlas Obscura article and all of the feelings came flooding back. How was I so close yet so far? Why couldn’t one of the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum trips be turned into a House on the Rock trip?
It’s kind of funny to still feel the same away about it when I literally forgot about its existence for the last 20+ years.
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5 comments
LOL I went to the Mustard Museum and the House on the Rock on the SAME DAY, gasp!
They both sound quirky and amusing. Put it on your bucket list. Then you can forget about it again until there’s an opportunity to go.
I have to look these up. A Mustard Museum? Why is THAT not in Atlas Obscura? Also, I didn’t have a car in college either — so my day trips were at the mercy of others. Funny what you miss when you’re reminded to miss it!
I forgot about this place! I never made it either (didn’t have a car until after college). But now I want to go!
I’m with Jess: I didn’t know there was a mustard museum. But I have been to the spam factory, Wall Drug, and the King Corn Palace. Now I’m missing the Midwest….
We never went to the House on the Rock, but my aunt, who lived 100 miles further southeast than us managed to do so. I guess you just have to be motivated. The closest I’ve been to that part of Wisconsin is Janesville.